World Heritage connection: Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble

L’ensemble d’instruments à vent et à percussion de Xi’an

Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble, which has been played for more than a millennium in China’s ancient capital of Xi’an, in Shaanxi Province, is a type of music integrating drums and wind instruments, sometimes with a male chorus. The content of the verses is mostly related to local life and religious belief and the music is mainly...